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centered programs focus on the current
interests of the child. Classrooms are
set up in different sections, such as a
kitchen, home, science area, reading
nook, or water area, for kids to engage
in social interactions with others
and learn valuable skills based from
play. Academic or didactic, teacher-
directed programs are structured with a
curriculum involving planned activities
guided by teachers and designed to
prepare students for a kindergarten-
type setting. Either method for learning
prepares young children for their
future interactions, both socially and
educationally. Finding the learning style
that best suits your own child’s needs will
set him/her up for success.
K-12 Education
It is early in education that
students start to become
competent in utilizing the tools needed
in our society. Reading, writing,
math and language skills are all core
competencies that need to be mastered at
a young age and are critical for a student’s
success. Education is being shaped by
incorporating different styles of teaching,
accessing new technologies to enhance
learning, and ensuring that students leave
high school with a sense of confidence
to enter the workforce or to continue on
to higher education. A variety of trends,
disruptions and technologies are shaping
the way K-12 schools face their biggest
challenges.
Engage Parents and Caregivers
Parents can’t advocate for their children
if they aren’t given the tools to do so. The
National Education Association states
that by monitoring, supporting, and
advocating for their students, parents and
caregivers can ensure that their children
have an opportunity to be successful in
school. By working with your students
to set goals, make sure they are on track
for academic success, holding them
responsible for their education, and
advocating for them, their peers, and their
entire school community, you are doing a
service that will have a valuable outcome
for all involved.
Data and Analytics
Relationships between K-12 teachers
and college educators used to be solely
focused on college transition programs.
Now, the focus is shifting to partnerships
based on formal research studies,
professional development, or joint
technology and curriculum initiatives,
as EdTech Online states. Data-driven
research is being gathered and assessed
by college educators and results are being
implemented in the form of metrics to
keep individual students on track to
graduate. If an individual student falls “off
track,” teachers utilize that information
to determine a course of academic
intervention. This form of individualized
learning is being employed across the
country with positive results.
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